-Caveat Lector- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/et?ac=000143789351982&rtmo=wetlniQ b&atmo=rrrrrrrq&pg=/et/00/12/6/wuni06.html University women in a class of their own By Philip Delves Broughton in New York Decline in male students redefines gender gap [19 Oct '00] - THIRTY years of effort by America's universities to attract more women have left them with a new problem, a shortage of men. Only 44 per cent of this year's admissions are men and academics now wonder whether their encouragement and preference for women may have gone too far. This year, several colleges have instituted new policies of giving preference to male candidates when their achievements are equal to those of female candidates. Others, such as the University of North Carolina DePaul University in Chicago, have begun actively pursuing male candidates by sending out extra mailings to men and touting their more masculine courses, such as science and engineering. In July, a group of female applicants to the University of Georgia lost a lawsuit in which they argued that the university's admissions policy favoured men. The pattern of declining male applications and rising female university attendance was established in the 1970s. During the past decade, however, it has worsened drastically. The figures have been further skewed by a boom in older women attending university, many after their children have left home. Government estimates forecast that men will make up only 42 per cent of university students by 2010. One theory about the decline in men going to university lays the blame on Bill Gates. The richest man in the world dropped out of Harvard before earning a degree, setting a standard in the technology industry for ambitious young men. University, for many in the computer or internet business, is seen as little more than a rest stop for the less capable. Overall, men see less value in a university degree and are more reluctant to take on the financial demands required to earn one. -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. - G. K. Chesterton, Broadcast talk 6-11-35 <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
